Acid-distributer.



'1. L. BRIGGS. ACID DISTRIBUTER APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1910.

1,032,657. Patented July16,1912.

2 SHEETSBHEET 1. 9 "l -I'm //V l/EN TOR ATTORNEYS THOMAS L. BRIGGS T. L.BRIGGS.

ACID DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1910.

Patented July 16, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

INVENTOH THOMAS L. Bfi/GGS 67am W WITNESSES A TTOR/VEVS UNITED STATES rAENI oFF CE.

THOMAS LYuroN names, or FLUSHING, REWYOltk, essreuon 'ro Gunman. CHEMI-GAL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y d :1 COB-PORTION OF NEW YORK..

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Specification of Letters Patent. p t t d July 1 1912, Application filedAugust a, 1910. Serial No. 575,286.

Britain, and resident of Flushing, countyof Queens, State of New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in i Acid-Distributors,of which the following is i a specification.

This invention vide a distributer capable of providing even,

uniform and continuous distribution over; a selected area, of acids orother fluids employed in certain industrial processes.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section,of one form ofapparatus, employing vmy improved distributer; Fig. 2is anelevation on a larger scale of the form of the upper distributer;

- tributer; Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig.4; andFig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the caps used to coverthe ducts in the lower part of the distributer.

In the drawings, A is a tower or tube carrying my distributer at thetop. This distributer consists of'anupper part B and of a lower part C.The lower part C is a plate, surrounded by an upwardly projecting flangea. The plate C is piercedwith concentric sets of holes 1), b Each ofthese holes is (see Fig. 5) extended through a tube (2 which projectsupwardly into a well like cavity 6 formed in the upper face of the plateC. The lower face of the plate C has .a boss f around each of said holesb, b.

Adapted to drop loosely into each'tubular well 6 so as to cover butnotto close each hole 6, b is a cap g, Fig. 6, having notches h in itslower edge. The wells 6 pertaining to the outer circle of holes I)connect with. grooves or conduits 2' which extend toward the circle inwhich is located the other series of holes 6 so that the inner ends ofthe concircle.

whose supply channels or grooves reach to the circle of holes b so thatall may receive the like supply of acid or other fluid from I theumbrella shaped upper part of the dis- -tributer which is centrallysupported above them. It should be noted that the diametral dimensionsof the wells e are such as to leave a substantial free space both withinand without the tubular wall of the cap 9; also that a correspondingfree space exists btween the top of said cap and the top of the tube (1below.

Supported centrally above the plate C is the spreader B, or upper partof the diso I tributer. It is made of glass, porcelain or has for its obect to proothersuitable material inert-to the action of acld if used fordistributing acid. A

tripod or equivalent support j, placed on plate '0 constitutes the meansfor holding the spreader B. As the configuration of the spreader B is ofpractical importance I shall describe it at length. At the top is asmooth knob-shaped convex or concave portionk, the surface of which is,as accurately as possible, a surface of revolutionabout .a vertical.axis; preferably I make this surface spherical. From this knob is, thebody of the spreader B slopes downwardly and outwardly as shown. In thissloping skirt of the spreader are as many grooves m as there are holes'1), 6 in this illustration therefore 13. These grooves are separated'from one anotherby ridges n.

The channels or grooves m, therefore, have a greater'downwardinclination than the intervening ridges n and they extend outwardlyfarther than the said ridges, as shown. The zig-zag edge of thisspreader is preferably vertical or nearly so. Generally spealn'ng thespreader, as above described, is seen to be of a mushroom or umbrellashape, its top being a .convex smooth lmob, said knob merging into adownwardly inclined series of V-shaped troughs with the trough bottomsextending outwardly beyond their sides and tops.

D is the acid supply tank, having an outlet pipe 0 bent at its free enddownwardly so "as to terminate just above the knob-like center of thespreader B. A pipe p provided with a spigot supplies the tank from amain receptacle (not shown). I

The operation of the distributer is as follows: The acid being turnedon, fills the tank D to a suitable level and thence flows through thepipe 0 and drops squarely upon the center knob 10 of the spreader B. Theacid spreads out from the said knob and enters the troughs or slopingchannels m in equal streams, and then drops also in equal streams uponthe caps g of the inner holes 6 and into the channels 11 of the outerholes .b. Each streamlet will then enter its well e, pass through thenotches it into the cap g and when a sutficient height within the caphas been attained, over the tops of the tubes (1, through the holes b,b? in asmany uni form streams as there are holes b, b into the tower.-

7 t My'distributer insures a practically uni:

- 7 form distribution of the incomin fluid and 10' of fluid shall, bedropped I neat-ha discharge groove or channel m of the spreader B.

I claim: 1.7 A distributer for acid and the like, consisting of an upperspreader having external inclined channels and of a lower perforateddistributing plate, the acid receiving cavities in which lie Verticallybelow the discharge ends of the spreader, substantially as described. I

2. A distributer 'for acids and the like,

having an upper spreader and a lower perfor-ated plate, said plate beingprovided ing through wells 6 in combination with the notched caps g, asdescribed. v 3. In a distributer for acids andthe like, the plate Chaving outer discharge holes I; and inner discharge holes 6 and providedwith vconduits i which extend to the line on which the inner holes 'arearranged, as specified. l

4. In a distributer for acids and the like, an upper spreader B and alower distributing plate, said plate being provided with depressions orwells e that surround the discharge tubes (1, and withconduits-extending from said wells to the point of discharge from saidupper spreader, as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my'hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. 4

THOMAS LYNTON BRIGGS. Witnesses: I M, H. Locxwoon,

FRANK F. KIRKPATRICK.

with the upwardly projecting tubes 01 pass-

